The forces, members of the CRPF, a regional police and security force in Chhattisgarh, were said to be traveling in bullet-proof vehicles when they hit a pair of land mines, and the hundreds of Maoists burst out. Not a single body from the attackers was found, and it is unclear if any of them even sustained injuries in the fighting.

The Naxalites began as a rebel group in the 1967 rebellion in Naxalbari but the group now has significant influence throughout eastern and central India. The group is attempting to carve out an independent Maoist nation in the so-called “Red Corridor” of India, an impoverished area where the group is based.